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Indo-China adjoins Red China, but the border has never been pegged out. The real frontier is a string of French forts and outposts connected by a road called Route Coloniale No. 4 which winds between steep hills and dense forests. The French Foreign Legionnaires who man the forts say: "The Route Coloniale No. 4 is a road a man travels only once alive." In a bitter five-day battle fought with the Communists last week on Route No. 4, over 3,000 Foreign Legionnaires were trapped...
...York City, Army, over Michigan, 27-6, to boost its undefeated string to 23 straight. Shackled in a 6-6 tie at halftime, Army broke loose for three second-half touchdowns in 5½ minutes...
...Orleans, Notre Dame over aroused Tulane, 13-9, to start the Irish on another victory string, now one straight...
Good Advice. Last week, Johnson added a third slick-papered magazine to his string: Tan Concessions. It was a big cut below the other two. Blending a combination of passion ("Desert Madness," "My Secret Sin") and come-hither morality ("Is the Chaste Girl Chased?"), Confessions looked to be just what it probably will be-a moneymaker for go-getting Publisher Johnson. Said he: "We polled the Negroes and found that they read more confession magazines than anything else." He was well aware that "a lot of it is poor stuff," but argued that the magazine's home-service section...
Army's second string backfield, which will probably see a good deal of action this afternoon, in formidable. In addition to Pollard at fullback, the Cadets have exceptionally speedy halfbacks in Vic Pollock and Jack Martin. Gil Reich, the regular defensive safety man, quarterbacks the second backfield on offense...